E3: Call of Duty Elite service to deploy mostly free options

Activision Blizzard Inc. this week said at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles that most options in the Call of Duty Elite service will be available to all users at no cost.

Call of Duty Elite is said to include free and premium options for all service options. For example, while all users can compete in tournaments for prizes, premium users will have bigger prizes, like an iPad 2 by Apple Inc.

All users will be able to view stats, compare stats, create and join clans,

Sony in May began sale of the PS3 160GB Call of Duty: Black Ops Bundle, which includes the PS3 160GB hardware, a copy of Activision Blizzard Inc.’s Call of Duty: Black Ops, the Call of Duty: Black Ops First Strike DLC Pack, and a Dualshock 3 Controller at $299.99.